Pluto Planet Facts Pluto was formerly regarded as the outermost and small- est planet. It also was considered the most recently discovered planet, having been found in 1930. In August 2006, however, the International Astronomical Union, the organization charged by the scientifi c community with clas- sifying astronomical objects, voted to remove Pluto from the … Read more
neptune planet facts Neptune is named for the Roman god of the sea, who is identifi ed with the Greek deity Poseidon, a son of the Titan Cronus (the Roman god Saturn) and a brother of Zeus (the Roman god Jupiter). It is the second planet to have been found by means of a telescope. … Read more
Jupiter Planet THE LARGEST OBJECT IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM AFTER THE SUN, JUPITER IS A BLOATED BALL OF GAS STREAKED WITH MULTICOLORED CLOUDS. THIS RAPIDLY SPINNING PLANET IS CIRCLED CEASELESSLY BY WINDS AND STORMS. The first of the giant planets beyond the asteroid belt, Jupiter is nearly five times farther away from the Sun than … Read more
The World Wide Web This section provides a brief introduction to the evolution of the World Wide Origins In 1989, a small group of people led by Tim Berners-Lee at Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN) or European Organization for Particle Physics proposed a new protocol for the Internet, as well as a system … Read more
facts about the sun – how big is the sun? The Sun is about 109 times more massive than the Earth. – It takes 8 minutes and 17 seconds for sunlight to reach the earth. – The temperature of the sun is about 14,999,726 degrees Celsius. – Scientists say that the sun is about 4.6 billion years old. … Read more
